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6 "Public Opinion Throughout the Union THE WICKED PARTNER. (The New York World.) Edward H. Harriman, represents what is worst in American finance and in American politics. He typifies both financial corruption and political cor ruption. He is a public menace, a public enemy. His power must be de stroyed ! ONLY AN ACADEMIC QUESTION. (The Cleveland Leader.) There are Southern editors who find it interesting to ask one another whether Northern Democrats would bolt a Southern man if he were nom inated for president. It will be only an academic question for some time to come. DEMOCRATIC CHANCES. (The New York Globe.) “I am a Democrat, although tempo rarily out of reasons therefor,” said Private John Allen at one of the re current periods of Democratic gloom. In somewhat the same spirit Col. Watterson, home again, says he sees a chance of Democratic success next year, provided there is cholera in the Philippines, yellow fever in Cuba, wheat should sell for 40 cents and corn for 30 cents, and the Republican party should split wide open. PUBLICITY THE REMEDY. (The New York Times.) Obviously Mr. Roosevelt would not have considered the obtaining of the Harriman contribution nor would it willingly have been made had it been certain that the names of all subscrib ers, with the amount of their sub scriptions, would be made public and that vouchers would have to be sub mitted for every expenditure from these funds. MR. BRYAN STRENUOUS, TOO. (The Springfield Republican.) It should not be overlooked that Mr. Bryan was as strenuous in his pro gram of Tuesday night as the wield er of the big stick could have been. To attend a banquet, partake of its earlier courses, hurry away, and de liver a lecture, hurry back again and make the speech of the evening—this would appeal even to the strenuous President as “going some.” THAT $5,000,000 “CONSPIRACY.” (The New York Evening Post.) Now this, we venture to say, is a sort of political paranoia. When a private person imagines that the world has conspired against him, that men are dogging his footsteps, lurking in corners, and scheming to undo him, the alienists have no trouble in diag nosing his case. When an official suf fers from what we may call delusions of persecution, he becomes politically unbalanced, unable to pass judgment on the motives and aspirations of men in the mass, to trace causes and ef fects through the vast complex of our organism, to distinguish new forces from old. A THOUGHT FROM KENTUCKY. (The Louisville Oourier-Journal.) Says the Baltimore Sun: Nihil melius nihil homine libero dig nius quam agricultura. Without venturing to contradict the statement, It may be said that a ma jority of those who are able to express themselves so beautifully would go to jail rather than pluck the worms from the acre of tobacco. b Wfw wmi ■■ kpw . v /to — LATEST PICTURE OF SENATOR JOSEPH B. FORAKER, WHO DEFIES THE PRESIDENT. VARIETIES OF THE LIAR. (The Providence Journal.) According to a list prepared by the Albany Argus some months ago, the President has called Mr. Herbert W. Bowen a “disingeneous” liar, Mr. William E. Chandler, a “deliberate and unqualified” liar, Mr. Alton B. Parker an “atrocious” liar, Mr. G. O. Shields an “inventive” liar, Mr. Bella my Storer a “peculiarly perfidious” liar, Mr. John F. Wallace an “utter” liar and Mr. Henry M. Whitney a “de liberate” liar. If this catalogue be correct, if the President really did apply such epithets to the persons in question, Mr. Harriman may not feel any excessive dissatisfaction at be ing charged with “deliberate and wil ful” untruth. The President and he simply disagree as to the facts in the case. One retains one impression of the reputed episode, the other a con trary impression. SMALL ONES SINK AS EASILY. (The Indianapolis Sun.) Russia proposes to follow Japan’s precedent and build some battle ships of the Dreadnaught type. But wasn’t it clearly demonstrated that even a smaller one would sink quite as well? AN OVERSIGHT. (The Richmond Times-Dispatch.) Col. Bryan was in Washington a day or two ago, but failed to call at the White House to run over his nom inating speech with the President. WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. WHAT A DEMOCRAT IS. (The New York Mail.) Also, to answer the World’s “What Is a Democrat?” question, a Demo crat is a man who has to pay elec tion bets. ONE POINT IN COMMON. (The New York Evening Post.) The subsidy bill which failed at the late session of Congress had, accord ing to the President, “nothing what ever in common with certain previous measures of the same name.” Noth ing, that is, except the fact that it would have applied public money to the support of a private business. LIMIT NOW OFF. (The Chattanooga Times.) About the brightest thing yet said of Democracy was by a Tammany man who called on Roosevelt last week and went away declaring: “He’s all right. He’s about as good a Dem ocrat as there is!” Since which the limit is off, and the disorganization whose symbol and sign is the sad and solemn ass can stand any and ev erything. SILENCE ON THE TARIFF. (The Louisville Courier-Journal.) The President is silent as to his rail road policy, according to a Washing ton dispatch. The President has de veloped magnificent ability for re maining silent upon a given subject by exercising upon the tariff ques tion for the last year or two. SOCIALISM AND THE SOUTH. (The Savannah News.) It is a fact worthy of note that the propaganda of socialism finds little encouragement in the Southern States and most encouragement in New Eng land and the Northwest, where Repub licanism is strongest. In the list es States “abandoned” for the present by the leaders of the socialist move ment were the names of practically all of the Southern States, the exceptions being Kentucky and Texas. A FINE POINT OF LAW. (The Florida Times-Union) Secretary Bonaparte admits that a State may pay the passage of immi grants with its own funds, “but not with the funds contributed.” Now if the contributors give the money to the State for this purpose, does not that money become the property of the State as much as if it had been ap propriated by the legislature from the treasury? A different view must hold that the money contributed to the cam paign fund remained the property of the insurance associations. A SEND-OFF FOR BILL. (The Griffin News.) That’s a mighty good send-off that Jim Creelman gives Bill Taft in Pear son’s Magazine for May. Bill cer tainly is a good example of broad statesmanship, judging from both the text and the pictures—especially the latter. ARE HIS “DUDS” SAFE? (The Washington Herald.) Mr. Bryan will be a sadly disap pointed man if no effort is made to purloin his latest political garment before he again turns his face toward that dear old Lincoln, Neb. TEDDY AHEAD ONE TIME! (The Washington Herald.) The only surprising thing about Mr. Roosevelt’s suggestion that the gov ernment ought to pay election ex : penses is that Mr. Bryan didn’t think of it first. THE TROUBLE WITH BRYAN. (The Bristol, Va., Courier.) It seems that about the only differ ence between Col. Bryan and Col. Roosevelt on the question of govern ment ownership of railroads is that the Nebraskan beat the President to it —so far as they have gone. That is the chief trouble with Bryan—he keeps too far ahead of the plodding procession. ORIENT BOUND COTTON. (The Florida Times-Union.) It is charged that freight rates on cotton to the Pacific coast and to Asiatic ports were unfair, and that the cotton was burdened with all it could bear. If there was discrimina tion against a southern product it is well to test the law and we are glad to see the question raised at all events. The southern states combined should have tested the constitutionality of the attorney general’s ruling against state Immigration by an appeal to the supreme court—no right should be held "at the pleasure of the president.” SENATOR RAYNER’S IDEA. • (The Baltimore Sun.) Senator Rayner has an idea that this is a government founded on a Constitution to be run according to law.